外国语本科毕业论文-论汉英翻译软件的局限性.doc

论汉英翻译软件的局限性 On Limitations of Chinese-English Translation Softwares Wang Xia Under the Supervision of Zhang Chun School of Foreign Languages and Cultures Panzhihua University April 2009 Contents Abstract I Key words I 摘要 II 关键词 II Introduction 1 Ⅰ. An Introduction of Chinese-English Translation…………………………………..2 A. History and Present Situation of Chinese-English Translation………………...2 a. History of Chinese-English Translation ..2 b. Present Situation of Chinese-English Translation……………..……………5 B. Criteria for Chinese-English Translation……………………………………….6 Ⅱ. Profile of Chinese-English Translation Softwares………………………………...8 A. History of Chinese-English Translation Softwares…………………………….8 B. Present Situation of Chinese-English Translation Softwares…………………..9 Ⅲ. Limitations of Chinese-English Translation Softwares ……………….................11 A. Limitations of Texts to be Translated…………………………………………11 B. High Requirements for the Translated Version Reviser ………………………12 C. Long Intervals of Dictionary Renewing………………………………………13 D. Poor Control over Quality of Translation……………………………………..14 a. Analysis on Translation from Word-Choosing…………………...………..14 b. Analysis on Translation from Cultural Differences………………...……...16 c. Analysis on Translation from Grammar…………………………..….........17 d. Analysis on Translation from Handling Chinese Proper Names…..……....17 e. Unintentional Omissions in Translation……………………………….......18 Conclusion 19 Acknowledgements 20 Bibliography 21 Abstract Chinese - English translation in China has a long history of about two thousand years. During the centuries quite a number of world famous translators in China appeared one after another and they made great contributions to China as well as to the world in the development of translation. Chinese-English machine translation research is started in the 1980s, and many scientific research units started to make Chinese-English machine translation research one after another. Promoted by the language knowledge resource